Buckle



' (N0 ModeL) G. W. WILSON.

BUCKLE.

No. 319,769. Patented June 9, 1885.

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GEORGE W. WILSON, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

BUCKLE.

$PECIFICA-TION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,769, dated June 9,1885.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE WV. WILSON, of Hartford, in the county ofHartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Buckles; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention,whereby a personskilled in the art can make and use the same, reference beinghad to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Like letters in the figures indicate the sam parts.

Figure 1 is a plan view ofa frame-blank as cut from sheet metal. Fig.2is abottom view of a buckle after the edges of the blank have beenfolded over to form the frame. Fig. 3 is a view in cross-section of theframe on plane denoted by line mo of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view in crosssection of the buckle on plane denoted byline y y of Fig. 2. Fig.5isabott-om view of a buckle as fastened to a strip of cloth. Fig. 6 isa top view of same. Fig. 7 is a View in cross-section on plane denotedby line 00 x of Fig. 5.

My improvement relates more particularly to the class of buckles incommon use on pants,

but is applicable to all other classes of buckles.

It consists in the frame struck from a single piece of metal, whencombined with the pivoted tongue borne in said frame, and in theimprovedfastening device integral with or attached to a buckle-frame.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter a denotes a frame-blank, cutfrom a sheet of any suitable material-as sheet brass; b, the

as a piece of cloth, e-the prongs are set at about right angles to theplane of the buckle and are thrust through the material and through theopeningsfin the plate 9. This plate has a central opening or socket, h,into which the pointed ends of the prongs are thrust, in order to moresecurely hold them and to prevent them from catching into objects whichmay come in contact with the plate.

.I claim. as my in vention 1. In combination, the metallic buckle framea, folded back upon itself on all sides, with the tongue-sockets a inthe opposite sides of the frame, and a tongue-shaft, cl, pivotallysupported in the tongue-sockets, the frame bearing the integralsharp-pointed fasteners c c, all substantially as described.

2. The frame-blauk a, made from a metallic plate with the cornerscutaway, and having a tongue-space, b, and the integral fasteningprongscc, all substantially as described. I

GEORGE W. WVILSON.

Witnesses:

CHAS. L. BURDETT, ED. F. DIMOOK.

